Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
13,876 approved · 547 refused · 831 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
6 Springbank Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TY
Received 1 Mar 20211 Glen Devon East Kilbride G74 2JP
Received 1 Mar 20213 Cleghorn Drive Lanark ML11 7QZ
Received 2 Mar 202110 Byretown Grove Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9NY
Received 2 Mar 202140 Warrenhill Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PF
Received 2 Mar 2021The Stonehouse 45 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6DZ
Received 2 Mar 202119 Craigwell Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SX
Received 2 Mar 202139 Millburn Gardens East Kilbride G75 8RL
Received 2 Mar 2021Pentland Reach - Residential Development Edinburgh Road Biggar
Received 1 Mar 202114 Pleasance Row Wilsontown Lanark ML11 8EP
Received 2 Mar 202120 Eliot Crescent Hamilton ML3 6SN
Received 3 Mar 2021Land 460M WSW Of Greenaton Farm Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Mar 202177 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FG
Received 3 Mar 20216 Kincaid Gardens Cambuslang G72 7LZ
Received 3 Mar 202116 Broomfield Road Larkhall ML9 1PF
Received 3 Mar 202110 Brechame Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SP
Received 3 Mar 202115 Honeysuckle Court Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZE
Received 3 Mar 20211 Brechame Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SP
Received 4 Mar 202133 Iona Ridge Hamilton ML3 8PZ
Received 4 Mar 202115 Macarthur Crescent East Kilbride G74 4TL
Received 4 Mar 202116 Skylands Rise Hamilton ML3 8TS
Received 4 Mar 202122 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 4 Mar 202153 Clydesdale Avenue Hamilton ML3 7TD
Received 4 Mar 202112 Abington Road Symington Biggar ML12 6JX
Received 4 Mar 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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